Robert J. Britt of Asbury Park has been accused by federal prosecutors of running a heroin and cocaine trafficking ring in Monmouth and Ocean counties, even after he was put in prison.

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Dan Radel
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They acted like any regular businessmen, concerned about the quality of their product, distribution, competition and customers in a business that could generate nearly $400,000 a week. Only they were selling heroin and cocaine in Monmouth and Ocean counties, according to federal prosecutors.

For more than a year, law-enforcement agents listening in as ringleaders spoke in coded messages about their dealings, prosecutors said. And on Thursday, federal, state and local law enforcement moved, charging 21 people in what they called the Britt-Young DTO (Drug-Trafficking ...